Wondering if I’m able to sue my former employer for not doing anything when I told them a vehicle I was assigned to drive was faulty and unsafe? The side mirror on the driver’s side did not adjust from the car controls and I tried to manually adjust it and it completely fell out. When I notified management of the situation they instructed me on how to replace the mirror and then said “don’t touch it.” However, I still was not able to check my blind spot or anything on that side with out damn near sticking my head out the freakin window.
Also, that same day I supposedly incurred many driving violations (mainly rolling stops, if that!), and my manager accused me of gross negligence. Gross Negligence is defined as consciously breaking the law so egregiously that you put other people’s safety and lives at risk. I KNOW for a fact that I acknowledged every intersection I came up to and was aware of all the traffic around me. I did not deliberately blow through stop signs or anything. I’m looking to sue the manager who accused me of this for libel (written defamation).
I should also mention that I was fired a few days later for addressing my manager’s false accusations. He was deliberately talking over me as I was trying to speak to him and plead my case, so I asked him to “shut the fuck up when I’m speaking.”
So…do any of you think I have a case, or no?
Thanks for any and ALL answers.